ParticleEmitter class. More...

#include <particles.hpp>

Data Structures
class	Builder
	Builder pattern for ParticleEmitter. More...

Public Member Functions
	ParticleEmitter ()
	Empty constructor.

	ParticleEmitter (glm::vec3 starting_position, glm::vec3 starting_velocity, glm::vec3 starting_spread, float starting_timeToLive, int num_particles, float spawn_rate, float scale, std::string atlas_path, int atlas_width, int atlas_height, int atlas_index, Camera *camera)
	Construct a new ParticleEmitter object.

	~ParticleEmitter ()
	Destroy the ParticleEmitter object.

void	updateParticles (float deltaTime)
	Update the particles.

void	renderParticles ()
	Render the particles.

Data Fields
glm::vec3	starting_position
	Starting position of a new particle.

glm::vec3	starting_velocity
	Starting velocity of a new particle.

glm::vec3	starting_spread
	Starting spread of a new particle.

float	starting_timeToLive
	Time to live of a new particle.

int	num_particles
	Number of particles.

float	spawn_rate
	Spawn rate of particles.

float	scale
	Scale of particles.

Types::Buffer	fbo [2]
	Feddback buffer objects.

int	current
	Current fbo index.

int	atlas
	Atlas texture.

int	atlas_width
	Atlas width.

int	atlas_height
	Atlas height.

int	atlas_index
	Atlas index.

Types::VAO	vao
	Vertex array object.

Detailed Description

ParticleEmitter class.

This class is used to define a particle emitter, update and render its particles. This class provides a builder pattern to create a ParticleEmitter object. The particles ban be updated and rendered using the updateParticles and renderParticles methods.

Definition at line 53 of file particles.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ParticleEmitter() [1/2]

ParticleEmitter::ParticleEmitter ( )

Empty constructor.

Sets default values

Definition at line 40 of file particles.cpp.

◆ ParticleEmitter() [2/2]

ParticleEmitter::ParticleEmitter	(	glm::vec3	starting_position,
		glm::vec3	starting_velocity,
		glm::vec3	starting_spread,
		float	starting_timeToLive,
		int	num_particles,
		float	spawn_rate,
		float	scale,
		std::string	atlas_path,
		int	atlas_width,
		int	atlas_height,
		int	atlas_index,
		Camera *	camera )

Construct a new ParticleEmitter object.

Parameters

starting_position	Starting position of a new particle
starting_velocity	Starting velocity of a new particle
starting_spread	Starting spread of a new particle
starting_timeToLive	Time to live of a new particle
num_particles	Number of particles
spawn_rate	Spawn rate of particles
scale	Scale of particles
atlas_path	Atlas texture path
atlas_width	Atlas width
atlas_height	Atlas height
atlas_index	Atlas index
camera	Camera

Definition at line 57 of file particles.cpp.

◆ ~ParticleEmitter()

ParticleEmitter::~ParticleEmitter ( )

Destroy the ParticleEmitter object.

Definition at line 123 of file particles.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ renderParticles()

void ParticleEmitter::renderParticles ( )

Render the particles.

Definition at line 181 of file particles.cpp.

◆ updateParticles()

void ParticleEmitter::updateParticles ( float deltaTime )

Update the particles.

Parameters

deltaTime Time passed since last frame

Definition at line 132 of file particles.cpp.

Field Documentation

◆ atlas

int Brenta::ParticleEmitter::atlas

Atlas texture.

Definition at line 98 of file particles.hpp.

◆ atlas_height

int Brenta::ParticleEmitter::atlas_height

Atlas height.

Definition at line 106 of file particles.hpp.

◆ atlas_index

int Brenta::ParticleEmitter::atlas_index

Atlas index.

Definition at line 110 of file particles.hpp.

◆ atlas_width

int Brenta::ParticleEmitter::atlas_width

Atlas width.

Definition at line 102 of file particles.hpp.

◆ current

int Brenta::ParticleEmitter::current

Current fbo index.

Definition at line 94 of file particles.hpp.

◆ fbo

Types::Buffer Brenta::ParticleEmitter::fbo[2]

Feddback buffer objects.

These are used to save the new state of updated particles in the updateParticles method.

Definition at line 90 of file particles.hpp.

◆ num_particles

int Brenta::ParticleEmitter::num_particles

Number of particles.

Definition at line 75 of file particles.hpp.

◆ scale

float Brenta::ParticleEmitter::scale

Scale of particles.

Definition at line 83 of file particles.hpp.

◆ spawn_rate

float Brenta::ParticleEmitter::spawn_rate

Spawn rate of particles.

Definition at line 79 of file particles.hpp.

◆ starting_position

glm::vec3 Brenta::ParticleEmitter::starting_position

Starting position of a new particle.

Definition at line 59 of file particles.hpp.

◆ starting_spread

glm::vec3 Brenta::ParticleEmitter::starting_spread

Starting spread of a new particle.

Definition at line 67 of file particles.hpp.

◆ starting_timeToLive

float Brenta::ParticleEmitter::starting_timeToLive

Time to live of a new particle.

Definition at line 71 of file particles.hpp.

◆ starting_velocity

glm::vec3 Brenta::ParticleEmitter::starting_velocity

Starting velocity of a new particle.

Definition at line 63 of file particles.hpp.

◆ vao

Types::VAO Brenta::ParticleEmitter::vao

Vertex array object.

Definition at line 114 of file particles.hpp.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

engine/headers/particles.hpp
engine/sources/particles.cpp

Data Structures

Public Member Functions

Data Fields